The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-13 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS. MAIIOIIB, MACH I2.—A Ittzger, with some 'cotton limn the Marquis Wellesley, has come down this morning, and reports that the ship Nettles very fast down in the sand. They had got about 40 bales of cotton on deck, but could only Put a small proportion of them into the lug ger, as it came on to hlo‘v very hard again this EnDr ning, which ()Mize(' them to leave the ship. LIVERPOOL, 11.--The 'Minerva, SevrcHLEy, from N:2tv York, which put into 11114 pool the 27th olt. was burnt to the water's edge the 4th irst. and he whole of the cargo de stroyed, w'th the exception of 20 hales thrown Aferhoard, which has drifted ailiore. DEAL, MARCH 12.—Arrived, and remain in the Downs, the \Villiam Pitt, LIVINGS, from Ilumbay, all %veil ; and the Friendship, STAF- P4 D, from Demerara. Came down from the River the William, Coll. N, from New York.—A ."%sel was discovered this morning to he on shore or, the Btmt•head. A Deal boat has just returned 11 " her, and states that she has gone to pieces ; and °le appeared a copper-bottomed and fastened Vessel, laden with cotton _and stave., black sides, Itith two white mouldings, and a fiddle head. We tannnt. ascertain any further particulars at pre- I) "TSMOUTH, MARCH l2.—Wind W. S.W. It -al 'down hard all day. Arrived ti,e William Opt Mary, BURRELL, from Trieste, for orders 11 '" met with very bad %yea. her on her vorige, in l'hi ch she last ber sa Is, and had her bulwarks away ; s h e is finder quarantine. Also ili "efl his Majesty's ships Tiber and Hope from c rlti‘ e. 1:1)14.1VoUTII. MARCH 11.--The sloop Egton, 11 "TT, iron) Lisbon to London, out 14 days, at Picked up t hi s to )ruin,, off , the Eddystone, 1) " a Utwsand pilot-boat, dismasted. %, k 1 .M01.11-1, MARCH 10.—No Arrivals, hut a ri g from the Westward has just appeared, and pßde a for a pilot. Sailed th e Fl ax l ey , 11 1rt4v, for London. 4 ARwicu, MARCH 12.—Arrived the Fleanfoy „ Net eel:II a mall from C ux h aven . w hi c h s h e ; tli at'd at Lowestoft . ; and the Prince of Orange teith a mail trom Holland. WHITBY, MklICH' 11 —C,lnte in the Albinn, of Ab entern ; when off Shields .he lost her Captain 4 erboard. and he was drowned. ItamsGATE, NlARcit 12 —The Zealand, 7 .11 A- T hound to Cadiz, has o over in the and damaged part of her ear *n ; 0 it is now disehlrging• in - t , n MARCH Celestin, brought b y sTP 0 , r wit , :ont any iter , :no CM hoard, RPPears, hy t h e piers found, to luieesa:led from ° "adalimpe the ...)Th January. Having male the Tower of she qeenis to have struck 4 Pon the Cliff the Captain's name is TRUITE ; ti t ) fleck ; is supposed, Iherefi,re, that the pe o pl e saved Ihemselves in it, m. IliON CABLES. In refe'rente to the late dreadful Hurricane, we I Cetti it for the bent•fit of humanity to give pub licity to the foltowittg Letter, by which it is evi -1 that th e i nven ti on thetein allud e d t o h as been l~ig':lyconducive to the saving of men's lives " Falmouth, March 5. Ic SI R ynn, as the Agent of Messrs. SA at. liliowN and Co. Manufacturers of the Patent r) " Cables, of Capt. N 99 invention, we, the tendersi•zner. Commanders of the respective Packets cat again s t our names , at present i n t hi s port, 11 i nn ot avoid exp re ssin g our great sat i s f act i on at 1 Manner in which the vessels, supplied with the r il ,„ 4 Cables above mentioned, rode out the tre 4t.ndnus gale of yesterday, tvithotit the least qicident occurring, or one of them driving, 11 ) More so, as the Queen Charlotte, the only 4 11 .1/ but one in the harbour, not supplied with ht,.'oft cable, drove from her anchors, and nearly on shore, although she war in tt . „ Unoothest water ; and ',mother eiretim of ,t,e which ought not to be omitted was that .Nre Fox packet hooking her anchor in th e N e i nt the Osborne, which slid up to the latt e r th e 4 e5 bows, and both rode to one cable, in 'ery height of the gale. lit,: So fully are we convinced of the great and advantage of the Iron Cables, that I ty "nsider it would be to the interest ot Ship -1)44"a if every vessel was supplied with th em , i)t es °lll Y as a great saving, hot as the means of -e rving many lives, and valuable property. " We are, Sir, Your most obedient Servants, (4i gned) . " John Bull Duke of Marlborough. Robert Cotesworth Puke of Kent, No. 1. James Porteus I ads Arabella. • Cunningham Francis Freeling. Joseph Morphew Nocton. JaMes Price Duke of York. Henry D. Gibbon •Lady L ou i sa . R. P. lt. E.lphinstone Manch es t er . Edward LaWrilllCC Doke of Kent, No. 2. James Hay Lady Mary Pelkam. John Tilly Fox. John Hartney Osborne. R. T. Sutton titanmer. Charles Pipon ord Sidmouth. Nicholas Pocock ...... Blo c h er . 41 \ 1 Mr. William Broad, Agent for Lloyd's, Falmouth." • An A nstr i an soldier, who was recently con 4111ned to he shjt, wns, after under4oing his ,4t'tnence, conveyed to an amphitheatre for dis section. It was discovered, however, on pro- Nni ng to . operate, th at h e was still alive ; and 41thouh lie bud 14 ball in the bead and another in abdomen, it is thought be will recover. '§~ ~A )f the t that nding resent never ed for :asure o in• tional cisive ether ruder Mo. ;elves s the id to VIIiCh D the con II the con Which havo 0 int ce e op ld be 01111 . AS to ince, t. pot poS'. is Of that f au dibll .1 S ti iliiy' Ics b col rt e ic n 0 1 be d I tbe e vo• ths to need con' tlis ngef and ish - 110 Se e Int ti and° ad' stab e be ritYl in %di(' i ill 10" lee ex` ices 4 0 ' S 0 oil di° d i e ere- tem FOR THE SUN. Mr. EDITOR,—As yours was the only Journal that took notice of the little personal sally in which a certain eminent Advocate, who may not perhaps think his profession a l talents have been sufficiently noticed by the Prince Regent's Minis -011 a late occasion somewhat improperly in dulged himself, I am induced to suggest to you ihe propriety of also making some remark upon the extraordinary manner in which the LORD CHANCELLOR'S interlocutory judgment in the cause pending between her Royal Highness t.e Princess of WALES, and the Earl of Livv.apoot. and Count MuNstr.a, delivered in Lincoln's Inn Hall yesterday morning, is reported in The Morn ing Chronicle of to-day. I was present and heard the whole, and can undertake to say, that the in flated and declamatory harangue which is put into the LORD CHANCELLOR'S mouth, by this Journal, bears no resemblance whatever, either in tone or matter, to the reality. Without specifying any phrases in which this report is particularly incor rect, it is sufficient to say that it is throughout a complete burlesque. Nobody, however, can be wicked enough to think that The,Morning Chronicle has done this on purpose. To garble designedly would he mis chievous in the highest degree, and The Morning Chronicle is never mischievous at all ! never ! It was no doubt pure accident, wising merely from the mistake or inability of the Reporter ; I would therefore wish you, Sir, jost to hint to those who conduct tl►is Journal, that it ,would be as well, as a tuatter of bare justice to its Readers and the Public at large, if a little more attention he in future paid to the correctness of its Law Reports. —I remain, Sir, Your obedient Servant and constant Reader, March I I, iBlB. \TRIMS. DUKE OF BEDFORD'S LETTER LORD GRANTFIANI. Wooburn Abbey, Feb. 17, 1818. MY LORD,—Perceiving, by the Gazette of Saturday last, vour Lordship has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the County of Bedford, I avail myself of the earliest opportunity to resign into your Lordship's hinds the Commission of Dc• puty Lieutenant, which I had the honour to receive twenty Years ago, from my valued : u ►d lamented friend, Lord Ossory. in the motives which have urged me to this step, I beg leave distnietty to disclaim any feelings personal to your Lordship ; hot then: is a reasonable pride which forcibly admonishes every upright and independent 'Mad, when a stigma is at tempted, and unworthily, to he cast on a man's character, that it is a duty which he owes to himself, to endeavour to stand clear in the estimation of the virtuous and unprejudiced part of manhind. On the death of my grandfather, in 1771, Lord Ossory ac cepted the Lieutenancy of this County, with an intention of resigning it when my brother became of age; he held the othce, however. front that period till the 'lay of his death, various causes occurring at different times t, pre-ent his re signing it, unnecessary to trouble your Lordship with, but none at any time, or in the least degre e , b e a t l ug on th e cha racter or qualideation of him who he was 'nest anxious should succeed him in the office. Lord Ossory more than once urged me to relieve him from the lahunrs of the Lieu tenancy, and I now most truly rejoice that his resignation was delayed, and that his mind was spared the pain he would have experienced in seeing me. whom be honoured with his friendship and esteem, proscribed by the Government, and proclaiieed unfit to hold the office of Lord Lieutenant of the County. My ancestors, through a succession of ages, have at various times filled the honourable post of the Kieg's Repres. ntative in the County, and I will venture to affirm, that in no one instance has the influence arising from an extensive property and an unsullied name. been used hut for the interest and advantage of the country, and whether the individual, who has now the honour to address your Lord hip, has been the first of a long line to forfeit the esteem of his Sovereign and fellow - suldect., onto he left between the Prince Regent's Ministers, and those who will judge their conduct, to decide. From the day when it pleased Providence .0 take prema turely from this world one whose life, though unhappily short, was one continued series of efforts to serve his country, and especially to promote the welfare of the Country of lied• ford, I ;lave constantly resided in the county, with the ex .•eption of the period when I was absent on the King's ser vice in Ireland, and when a domestic affliction compelled me to a temporary residence on the Continent, during which time I have uniformly and earnestly endeavoured to serve the interest of my native country. When I see an attempt made to degrade me in the eyes of those amongst whom I reside, arid who I have been proud to consider as my friends and neigh bours, if I ant warmly sensible of the injury, your own ho nourable character, my Lord, will readily justify the feeling. When I returned front Ireland, I had the gratification to receive from my Sovereign his personal thanks, expressed in the warmest and most flattering terms, for the manner in which I had exercised the aihninisi ration of affairs in that patt of the United Kingdom. When this country was threatened with invasion by the then powerful arms of France, I raised amongst my own tenantry the surrounding yeomanry, and maintained, as long as the public security required it, two troops of Yeomanry Cavalry, and for this also I had the satisfaction to receive the thanks of the Sove reign, conveyed through the Lord Lieutenant of the county. These are many claims—not on the favour, but on the just cousiderition of the Government, and I cannot charge myself with having done a single net to forfeit those ciaims.. I Call neither envy nor respect. those feelings which, on oc casions like these, condescend to the misers le resentment of party enmity, and to n, - ) other can I now ascribe the conduct of the Prince Regent's Ministers. Your Lordship will readily believe, that 1 can have no in tention to question the right of the Crown to nominate its own officers, whilst 1 claim, at the same time, the privilege belonging to every individual, of judging of the propriety of its aintointments, and in the exercise of that priviltge I feel myself reluctantly compelled to resign into your Lordship's hands my Commission of Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Bedford. 1 felt a pride and satisfaction in acting under Lord Ossory in the busness of the Liuutenancy—eireum. stances ar•e changed. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's obedient humble Servant, BEDFORD. . _ . The. Right Hon. Lord Grantham, &c. &c. find I have mislaid my Commission amongst my papers, hut I have to entreat your Lordship to consider it as cancelled. Mr. FoLEY, one of the present Members for the County of Hereford, retires ft om Pa►{lament at the end of the present Session, on account of t{►e precarious state of his health. Mr. S. R. Lusnlyn . roN has declared his inten tion of becoming a Catididdte for Canterbury, at the ensuing General Election, in opposition to Alt. FARQUHAR. A number of. Master Chimney-sweepers were yesterday sworn at the bar of the House of Lords to give evidence before the Committee on the Bill for proliihiting, after a certain period, the employ ment of Cli►nbing Boys. POETRY. SONNET. 71:R KING OF S+VEDFN.4 By W I I,LiA WORDSWORTH, ET. The voice of .S.m; from distant lands shall call To that great. Kist; shall hail the crowned Yonth; Who, taking counsel of unbending Truth, By one example bath set forth to all How they with dignity may stand ; or fall, If fall they must. Now, whither sloth it tend ? And what to him and his shall be the end That thought is one which neither can appal Nor cheer him .; for the illustrious S‘Vede bath done The thing which ought to be He stands above All consequences: work he bath Begun Of fortitnde, and piety, and lote, Which all his glorious Ancestor's approve: The Heroes bless hint, him their rightfUl Son. We feel much pleasure in the insertion of these lines from an excellent and amiable Poet, who is a zealous friend to freedom, taut Who has also a due respect for legitimate au thority. It is peculiarly appropriate at this moiiici►t, when a revolutionary Adventurer has seized on the Throne of the injured GusTAvus. This Sonnet was writte►i before that spirited Monarch's deposal TILE THEATRE. The success which attended the Or era of Guy Manneriy, as might be expected, has induced the theatrical Managers to patronise another drama derived from the last novel written by the-same author, entitled Rob Roy. The popularity which this novel has excited renders it unnecessary for us to detail the table, as the original work is ge nerally known, and because we have received some critical remarks from a Correspondent on that work, which we shall insert as soon as the Opposition Orators in Parliament, by reducing their harangues into convenient limitations, will afford us the opportunity. All we shall therefore say at present is, that the new Opera, entitled Rob Roy, which was brought forward List night at Covent Garden Theatre, was dramatized, not by Mr. SOANE, as stated, but by Mr. Pocock, to whom the public arc indebted for several po pular farces. It was very difficult to compress the contents of a novel of three volumes into an opera with the same monlier of acts, without the neces sity of lopping off many incidents and characters, and therefore Mr Pococx has a claim to praise for what he lots done, and Ought to esc.ipe cen sure for not doing more. The Managers have awpiydischarged their duty, in having brought for ward the piece with all practicable advantage dyable from beautiful, picturesque,and appropriate scenery. The music has been properly selected partly from old Scottish airs, and is partly new from Risnor and DAvv. The former must of course be attractive, and the new compositions are pleasing anti suitable. The acting is enti t led to high praise. MACREADY was the hero of the piece, Rob Roy, turd he gave it' with a due mix tut e of martial energy and generous sensibility. LISTON, ABBOTT, and BLANCHARD, were the next performers who deserve a very commenda tory notice in the respective parts of Bailie Jarrie, Owen, and Rashliegh Osbaldistone. EGgR TON and ToKELY aiso acquitter) themselves well in Sir Frederick Vernon and Dougul. Mrs EGnaroN appeared to so much advantage it) Guy Mannering, that she might well be ex pected to display considerable merit in Helen Macgregor, as was the case. Miss STEPHENS was, as usual, interesting in Diana Vernon, but as she is a charming unaffected actress, she has too little to do except in singing, and in that respect she left the audience nothing to wish, awl supplied every thing for them to admit e.— The Opera was received throughout_ with hearty applausr, and is likely to have a popular career. The house was crowded in all quarters. Music.—Mrs. DANCE gave a select and charm ing Concert last night in Manchester-Atrcet, to a considerable number of her friends. The vocal department was well sustained by Miss DANCE, her sister, Mr. E. DANCE, Mr. DURUSET, and the younger RovEDINo. The Misses DE LIHU were expec'ed, but did not come. Miss E. and Miss L. DANCE displayed their talents, respectively, on the pianoforte and the harp, and Mr. DANCE, sen. added to the entertainment by his accompani ments on the former, Mrs. MoNALT was too much indisposed to sing, but her accompaniments on the pianoforte were very gratifying. DROUET displayed his admirable skill on the flute, and the two LINDLEYS contributed their powers on the violincello. It was not the least charm of the entertainment to witness the congenial talents and affections which unite this numerous and truly harmonious family. CIIILD-DROPPING.—A babe, ahont 6 weeks old, %vas kit at the door of Mrs. Adams, Oxford -street, Argyle -street, on Wednesday night, at 12 o'clock, carefully ‘vrapped in flannel. There was a loud knocking at the street door, and when opened the child was found. The infant, which was a male, was conveyed to the parish work-house. On Saturday evening last, whilst Mr. O'CAL LAGHAN, of the Dublin Theatre, was performing the character of Don Omar, in the Castle of An dalusia, he was severely wounded in the cheek, by a ruffian throwing a penny-piece at Lim from the gallery.—Mr. O'CALLAGHAN was a pupil of NALDI ; he is a favourite in Dublin, and has ap peared in several Operas with great eclat. Miss SOMaRVILLE, late of Drury-lane Theatre, it seems was married during her late trip to Bath. fier name is now Mrs. Bus. Nothing can he more approi)riate—Mrs. Bun is the daughter of a respectable baker. Saying a good thing without knowing U.—The very great success which has already attended those adventurers who have made their purchases et Btsa's Offices, becoming, the other evening, the subject of conversation in'a mixed company, aid it having been mentioned that, in addition. to the C,apital Prizes lie sold, he had also sold a Ticket which entitled the holders to Pour Pipes of Port Wine, a gentleman observed, (who pro fesses to have a great contempt for punning), that their good luck was enough to intoxicate them. PARLL. HOUSE OF LORDS, TiaIIISDAY 11,klAC Mr. Flighatn presented Accounts from the Com missioners for ihe lieduciioi) of the Natiunai Dent, ‘vbicil were ottleteil to Ite upon the table. The Scots Aqua Vita?. Liseenses Bill, some Local and Private Bills, were brought up from the House of Corntno►►s by M. Biogden, Col. Dalrymple, Mr. Pitt, and other Members, and read a first time. Lord HOLLA N D presented n petition from a TowriShip in Yorkshire, corriplAinin 4 of the pres sure (Attie Pour;' Rate.—Onlered to lie upon the tattle. The Royal Marine Mutiny Bill, `find the Bank Tokens Penalty Sin:pension Bill, were t cad a se cond time, and committed for to-morrow. Le e's Divorce Bill Was read a third time and passed. The Mutiny Bill, the 'Mutiny Act Mistake Bill, the Madder Duties Bill, the West India Indrm ni:y Bill, and the Ki'manilla))) Hospital Bill, passed through Cominittee!; . , and .were teported. On the motion of the Earl of LAUDE PDALG, accounts were ordered of the weekly sums laid out in the purchase of Stock by the Comniissionets for the ReduCtion of the Na ional Debt. PRICE OF I': ,RTER. The Earl of LAut)F.HDALE presented the Anti- Mouopnly P , :tiii,w; complaining of the High nice of Porter, and intimated Lis intention of moving, after the recess, that it he referred to a Committee. Th'e wasordered to lie upon. tile 'fable.—Adjourned till To-inOrrcAv (this day) . HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. KING, from the British Museum, presented a Ref - tint of all Sums of Money grOoted by Parliament for the last ten years, in aid of the Annual Or,ints for the Purchase of Books for the Library of that Establiskinent.—Laid on the Table. Mr. HORNBY presented a Petiti..n from the Churchwar dens and Overseers of the Town of Preston, praying that Houses under a certain real. may be liab.f..; to the Payment of Poor's Rates, either by the Occupier or the Landlord.—Laid on the Table. LEATHEit T.kx. Petitions against the Leather Tax were presented from the Tanners of Barton.nn-Hinnber, Hereford, Broniyard, Perth, Stourbridge, Brougham, Pre,eot, Durham, Boston, New castle-tinder-Lyne, Val.tun, Sliiptutt, Grantham, Hull, Ashburn, the Borough of Sont!marl:, and the CuuntieS of Caernarvon, Southampton, and Es3ex.--.Read, and ordered to iie on the 1151 e. The Report of the iLith Gas light Lill was received: - After some conversation between Adm iral Franks, Mr. Cur.. wen, Mr. Jones, Colonel Palmer, Nlr. Dickenson, and Mr. Benson„ the MI was ordered to be read a third time. Captain kVALDEGRAVE presented a Petition fiord. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, fur Reforn►.—..Laid on the table. A Petition was presented from the Innlieepers of Man= chester, praying that the Duty on Licences be repealed.—. Laid on the table. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented two Petitions from the In , - habitants of Leeds, statinz, that they viewed with horror t he conduct of Ministers : and that unless the taxes be diminished they could not pay them.—ltead, and laid on the table. .. Mr. THOMPSON presented a Petit.on from Kingston— upon-Hull, praying fur some change in the Poor-Laws.--. Laid ()tithe table. The Election Laws' Amendment 13i11 (so far as regards the assessment o f the land tax), was read a first time, Mid or— dered for a second reading On Monday next. Sir R. PEIIGUSSON presented a Petition from the Fish-• curers of Weymouth, complaining of the Duty on Solt.—Laid 00 the table. Lord STANLEY presented a Petition from Rochdale, in, Lancashire, praying f.r the repeal of the Corn Bill, and Par— liamentary Reform.—Laid on the Tattle. Sir R. 1-IEItON presented several Petitions from the inha— bitants of Swincshead and other villagesy in the County of Lincoln, praying for an investigation into the conduct of hie Majesty's Ministers, before the Indemnity Bill was passed. He stated that the emissaries of sedition had been very busy its the county of Lincoln, but to nn purpose. Hr had visited that pat t of the Comity, and pc' ceived no traces of disaffection inL the minds of the people. The inhabitants of Lincoln were eminently loyal. Mr. MADDOCKS added his testimony to that of the Hon,. Baronet.—The petitions were then read, and laid on the table. Lord LASCELLES brought in the Sheffield Lighting fill, which was read a first time. Mr. CROKER obtained leave to bring in a 13111 to amend the Longitude Acts, so far as rtgards the taking of certana oaths.---The Bill was then brought in, read a first and second, time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. NAVY ESTIMATES. Mr. WARRE asked whether it was not the intention of ari How. Baronet opposite to postpone the consideration of the Navy Estimates Sir G. WARRENDER replied, that it was his intention to postpone the Navy Estimates to Monday. Mr. BROUGHAM moved that a Committee be appointed to search the Loids s Journals on the subject of Education.— Agreed to. Mr. Alderman WOOD gave notice that he 91tould move irk a short time for leave to bring i❑ a Bill to amend the Ship Registry Act. LEATHER DUTY, LOH ALTHORPE had often called the attention of the House to the state of the Leather Trade, and should not therefore enter into details which would only serve to create fatigue. If there was a branch of Trade that declined whilst the rest were improving, it was that branch that ought to he relieved from taxation. On this there could be but one opinion, and the point on which he ex pected the Chancellor of -the Exchequer to differ from him would be, whether the Leather Trade were in that declining condition, and whether the country could consent to the sacrifice of the con tribution which it paid to the revenue. An idea of the state of the trade might be formed from the numerous petitions before the House. He knew that it might be said Coat persons engaged in any trade were always ready to come forward to claim a relief from taxation ; bat %viten only one trade petitioned, whilst all the others remai►►ed silent. it was a proof that it was declining, and that they went on prosperously. Another proof might be derived from the amount of bankruptcies, which b►ad always been, less ft equent in the tanning trade than in any other. The average of bankruptcies during the five years preceding the imposition of ►lre additional duty on leather had been 45. The average of the five years following the tax,,75. ltz tl►e first period the bankruptcies amongst tanners did not amount to n►ore than nine n year. In the latter ; they rose to 15. This certainly proved it considerable depression in the, Leather Trade. Other evidence might be deduced from the num ber of licences granted to Tanners, - before anti since.the imposition of the duty. In 1808,they .amonnted...to 1725. 111 1810, to 1741. in 1811, to 1756; and in 1812, to 1760. But the first year after the tax, they had decreased to 1754. In 1814, to 1699. In 1815, to 1671. In 1816. to 1619, hint in 1817,. to .1595. When it wait seen that the greatest diminution had taken place since the years 1813, 14, and 15, it must ap pear evident that the usual nutuherot Tanners